Easy Sugar Skull Journal Page

Some days, there just isn't the time to sit down and create a fresh journal page from scratch. To keep those creative juices flowing it helps to have a few quick and easy techniques which can be used to quickly put together a page.

I started with a background put together from scraps of Ephemera Collage tissue paper by Ruby & Hazel, Dylusions Acrylic Paint in London Blue, Bubblegum Pink, and Fresh Lime, and scraps from a tracing paper print (Tracing Paper printing video) of my own design. As the background was covered in Liquitex Basics Gloss Gel Medium, a layer of Daler-Rowney Acrylic Gesso  was needed to begin the journal page. 

By using a wood sugar skull form (available in the Halloween section of many craft stores), a few stencils, and Dylusions Spray Inks in Funky Fuschia, Lemon Zest, Pure Sunshine, Fresh Lime, Postbox Red, and Calypso Teal, a page can be quickly assembled. 

In today's tutorial I used a sugar skull; however, these techniques and be easily adapted for any theme. 

Exposed original background,

Course texture gel details.

The completed page. 

SUPPLY LIST & LINKS

1. Wood skull form
2. Strathmore Acrylic Linen Canvas (12” x 12” or 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm)
3. Daler-Rowney Acrylic Gesso 
4. Dylusions Spray Inks 
1. Funky Fuschia
2. Lemon Zest
3. Pure Sunshine
4. Fresh Lime
5. Postbox Red
6. Calypso Teal
5. Huggies baby wipes 
6. Martha Stewart Heat Gun
7. Liquitex Basics Coarse Texture Gel
8. Liquitex Basics Gloss Gel Medium 
9. Sharpie Extra Fine Point Water-based Paint Pen 
10. Primsacolor Premier Art Marker in Black
11. Sakura Microperm Pen .05 in Black
12. American Crafts Erasable Chalk Marker in White
13. Rubbing Alcohol
14. Tim Holtz Ranger Ink Blending Tool
15. Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mini in Mustard Seed
16. Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mini in Mermaid Lagoon
17. Tim Holtz clear stamps for Stampers Anonymous: Random Thoughts
18. Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz clear acrylic stampers block
19. StazOn ink in Jet Black
20. Crayola Brushes
21. Ephemera Collage tissue paper by Ruby & Hazel
22. Stampers Anonymous Wendy Vecchi Studio Stencil 6.5” x 4.5” Honeycomb
23. Prima Marketing Prima Designer Stencil
24. Ornate Icons Stencil by Show-Offs
25. Princeton Catalyst 02 Mini Spatula
26. Printed Tracing Paper – Personal Stock (see Tracing Paper printing video)
27. Cloth (your own)
28. Dylusions Acrylic Paint: 
1. London Blue
2. Bubblegum Pink
3. Fresh Lime

Audiobook listened to: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke, Read by Simon Prebble.